Abstract
Film antitranspirant (AT) can effectively reduce yield losses of rapeseed crops under drought by blocking stomata if applied at the critical stage. However, the physiological mechanism by which film AT mitigates drought damage remains unclear. To investigate the effect of different concentrations of AT from 1% to 3% on rapeseed yields and its components of rapeseed under terminal drought, we carried out two field experiments at two locations in the year 2021, using rain shelters to simulate terminal drought at Bird’s Nest (BN) and Flat Nook (FN). The study was conducted in a randomised complete block design with different concentrations of film AT (Vapor Gard, a.i., di-1-p-menthene) from 0% to 3% applied at the flowering stage of water-stressed rapeseed. Soil and plant water status, leaf gas exchange, seed yield and yield components, etc., were examined. Drought depressed leaf gas exchange and resulted in large yield losses. Aboveground biomass, seed yield, pod number and oil yield showed linear increases with AT concentrations consistently from both sites. With every 1% increase in concentration, seed yield was predicted to increase by 0.61 and 0.23 t ha−1 at BN and FN, respectively. The improvement in seed yield was strongly associated with pod number (R2 = 0.97 and 0.76, respectively; p < 0.001). Further, pod number and leaf relative water content were positively correlated, albeit with differences between the two sites. It was concluded that increasing concentrations can enhance yield benefits of film AT on rapeseed subjected to drought, and the greater yield from film AT appeared to be mediated through the improvement in leaf water status. As high concentrations of film AT are less cost-effective and conventional spraying methods only cover the adaxial surface, improving leaf coverage considering both sides of the leaf surface would help lower the cost and extend the commercial use of film AT.
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Aboveground biomass, seed yield and pod number increased linearly with antitranspirant concentration at both sites.
- Taxon
- rapeseedt0
- Treatment
- AT concentrationse1
- Outcome
- Aboveground biomass, seed yield, pod numbere1
- Direction
- linear increasese1
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e1“Aboveground biomass, seed yield, pod number and oil yield showed linear increases with AT concentrations consistently from both sites”
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Oil yield increased linearly with antitranspirant concentration at both sites.
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e1“Aboveground biomass, seed yield, pod number and oil yield showed linear increases with AT concentrations consistently from both sites”
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Drought depressed leaf gas exchange of rapeseed.
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e2“Drought depressed leaf gas exchange and resulted in large yield losses”
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Drought resulted in large rapeseed yield losses.
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e2“Drought depressed leaf gas exchange and resulted in large yield losses”
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Seed yield was predicted to increase by 0.61 t/ha at BN and 0.23 t/ha at FN per 1% increase in antitranspirant concentration.
- Taxon
- rapeseedt0
- Treatment
- every 1% increase in concentratione3
- Outcome
- seed yielde3
- Direction
- increasee3
- Value
- 0.61 and 0.23 t ha−1e3
- Qualifier
- predictede3
- Setting
- BN and FNe3
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e3“With every 1% increase in concentration, seed yield was predicted to increase by 0.61 and 0.23 t ha−1 at BN and FN, respectively”
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Seed yield improvement was strongly associated with pod number (R2 = 0.97 and 0.76).
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e4“The improvement in seed yield was strongly associated with pod number (R2 = 0.97 and 0.76, respectively; p < 0.001)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pod number and leaf relative water content were positively correlated, with differences between the two sites.
Verbatim
t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e5“Further, pod number and leaf relative water content were positively correlated, albeit with differences between the two sites”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing antitranspirant concentrations can enhance the yield benefits of film AT on drought-stressed rapeseed.
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t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e6“It was concluded that increasing concentrations can enhance yield benefits of film AT on rapeseed subjected to drought”
Claim · model-written summary
The greater yield from film AT appeared to be mediated through improved leaf water status.
Verbatim
t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e7“the greater yield from film AT appeared to be mediated through the improvement in leaf water status”
Claim · model-written summary
Improving leaf coverage on both sides of the leaf surface would lower the cost and extend commercial use of film AT.
Verbatim
t0“yields of rapeseed under terminal drought”
e7“improving leaf coverage considering both sides of the leaf surface would help lower the cost and extend the commercial use of film AT”
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